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    data archiving

    Data archiving moves data that is no longer actively used to a separate storage device for long-term retention.

  • data deduplication hardware

    Data deduplication hardware is disk storage that eliminates redundant copies of data and retains one instance to be stored.

  • data loss

    Data loss is the intentional or unintentional destruction of information.

  • data minimization

    Data minimization aims to reduce the amount of collected data to only include necessary information for a specific purpose.

  • data processing

    Data processing refers to essential operations executed on raw data to transform the information into a useful format or structure that provides valuable insights to a user or organization.

  • Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018)

    The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) is a legislative framework in the United Kingdom governing the processing of personal data.

  • data protection as a service (DPaaS)

    Data protection as a service (DPaaS) involves managed services that safeguard an organization's data.

  • data protection management (DPM)

    Data protection management (DPM) is the administration, monitoring and management of backup processes to ensure backup tasks run on schedule and data is securely backed up and recoverable.

  • data reduction

    Data reduction lowers the amount of capacity required to store data.

  • data restore

    Data restore is the process of copying backup data from secondary storage and restoring it to its original location or a new location.

  • data retention policy

    In business settings, data retention is a concept that encompasses all processes for storing and preserving data, as well as the specific time periods and policies businesses enforce that determine how and for how long data should be retained.

  • Datto

    Datto Inc. is a backup, recovery and business continuity vendor with headquarters in Norwalk, Conn.

  • Dell EMC Avamar

    Dell EMC Avamar is a hardware and software data backup product.

  • differential backup

    A differential backup is a type of data backup method that copies all of the files that have changed since the last full backup was performed.

  • disk backup or disk-based backup

    Disk backup, or disk-based backup, is a data backup and recovery method that backs data up to hard disk storage.

  • Druva

    Druva is a cloud data protection and management software company based in Sunnyvale, Calif.

  • What is data backup? An in-depth guide

    Data backup is the process of copying data in an IT system to another location so it can be recovered if the original data is lost.

  • What is data protection and why is it important?

    Data protection is the process of safeguarding important information from corruption, compromise or loss.

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